This writer explained his avoidance of a seventeen-syllable rule "because American speech is bursting to pop" in a preface to his "American Haiku." He wrote a novel about a man who gets a job as a fire lookout on a mountain from Japhy Ryder. Another 
This writer explained his avoidance of a seventeen-syllable rule "because American speech is bursting to pop" in a preface to his "American Haiku." He wrote a novel about a man who gets a job as a fire lookout on a mountain from Japhy Ryder. Another character in that novel, Cody Pomeray, represents Neal Cassady, who is likewise present in another of this author's novels as the narrator's companion in a journey to see Old Bull Lee in New Orleans. For 10 points, name this author who created Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise in On the Road.
This writer explained his avoidance of a seventeen-syllable rule "because American speech is bursting to pop" in a preface to his "American Haiku."
Jack {Kerouac} [or {Jean Louis Lebris} de {Kerouac}]